BPOA News & Commentary

This section houses newsletters and select articles—including President’s Messages and guest-written editorials—from BPOA’s archive dating back to 2008. Explore past issues to see how Berkeley’s rental housing landscape has evolved.

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August 2025 Issue
August 2025 Issue

Inside this issue: Housing Provider Legal Q&A; CalRHA Public Policy Update; Water-Saving Landscaping; NAA Rent Control Report 2025; Berkeley Council OKs Zoning Overhaul; Landlording with Mark and more! Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted08/1/2025


July 2025 Issue
July 2025 Issue

In this month's issue: BUSD Housing Development; CalRHA Public Policy Update; Congress Must Stop Predatory ADA Lawsuits; Berkeley Considering Middle Housing Plan; What Tenants Should Know About Rent Algorithms; Coalition Corner; Editorials; The Nuts & Bolts; Event Calendar and more! Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted07/1/2025


June 2025 Issue
June 2025 Issue

In this issue: Editorial by Dan Lieberman, Renting in a Softer Market, Part 1; Coalition Corner; Rent Control Creates Privileged Tenants; CalRHA Public Policy Updates; The Tenant Screening Trap; The Nuts & Bolts; CA City Wants an Anti-Housing Insurgency; No Vacant Unit Goes Untaxed; Events Calendar Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted06/1/2025


June 2015 Issue
June 2015 Issue

Inside this issue: Ellis Evictions; SF Apartment Subsidies; List of Worst Cities; Rents Up 14%; Can Oakland Law Slow Gentrification?; San Jose Mulls More Rent Control; Santa Monica Prohibits Discrimination; Sweeping Changes to Rein in NYC Rents; NY Eviction for Airbnb; Members Meeting; and more... Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted06/1/2025


May 2025 Issue
May 2025 Issue

What's Inside: ICE Advice; CalRHA Public Policy Update; A Short Conversation with the RSB; Berkeley's ADU Amnesty Program May Set an Example; ADU Amnesty: Program Details; Landlording with Mark; Editorials; Coalition Corner; Events and more! Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted05/1/2025


April 2025 Issue
April 2025 Issue

Dive into the April 2025 newsletter in flipbook format! This digital format has many tools, including text-to-talk and and screen magnification. It can even be downloaded to your browser and magnified up to 500%! Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted04/1/2025


March 2025 Issue
March 2025 Issue

Inside this issue: City of Berkeley is Bad at Property Management; High-End Oakland Building Foreclosures; New State Bill: Trespassing Response & Remedies; Updated Comments from Lance Montauk; Argentina Scrapped Rent Control; Ring Doorbell Systems & Other Monitoring; Berkeley Residents Form City's.. Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted03/1/2025


Billionaires
Billionaires

The debate over billionaires—whether they are a detriment to society or essential drivers of innovation and economic growth. Here's our editor, Albert Sukoff's take -- Continue Reading

Postedby Albert Sukoff
Date posted02/1/2025


February 2025 Issue
February 2025 Issue

Did you enjoy last month's flipbook edition of the BPOA monthly newsletter? We're back with the February 2025 edition, and will bring you a new flipbook each month through 2025! Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted02/1/2025


Time to Get in Shape
Time to Get in Shape

BPOA board president, Dan Lieberman, shares practical tips for getting your properties in better financial shape in the new year. Continue Reading

Postedby Dan Lieberman
Date posted02/1/2025


Measure BB & Master Meter Properties
Measure BB & Master Meter Properties

Measure BB accounts for possible ration billing by nature of "other technologies" under some yet-to-be-defined rules Continue Reading

Postedby Bryce Nesbitt
Date posted12/23/2024


January 2025 Issue
January 2025 Issue

New Year's Resolutions for Landlords; Landlords Using AI to Raise Rents; Nuts & Bolts; Renting to Pet Owners is a Win; Landlording with Mark; Measure BB & Master Meter Properties Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted12/23/2024